Unless I misunderstand something, most of the bitcoin I own are in ETFs in my traditional brokerage accounts. I really like how I can add the exposure to Roth IRAs, solo 401(k), etc. Plus with all the estate planning work Iβve done including revocable trusts. Itβs just so convenient and the cost of carry is like 15 bps. I can also do a pledged asset line on Schwab for a cost of 8% to 9% which is pretty damn competitive. Given all of that I find it hard to justify owning most of my bitcoin exposure natively in wallets.
Am I just too retarded to understand?
#bitcoin #btc
How many of you guys go through efforts to blur the likelihood that someone could trace how much bitcoin you have? I started looking into what coinjoin does and other types of techniques.
#btc #bitcoin
Iβm clearly new at this, but I think I just figured out how to send my own bitcoin in a hot wallet on a exchange directly to my cold wallet. In a lot of ways, a deep understanding of traditional finance is helpful in analyzing this new technology, but it also sometimes makes it slower to understand the details.
#btc #bitcoin #fiat
As someone who has been in finance/capital markets for over 20 years the following cannot be understated enough especially in the context of history:
On July 1st, 2025, Basel III banking regulations officially reclassified physical gold as a Tier 1 asset, specifically a high-quality liquid asset (HQLA). This means that U.S. banks can now count physical gold at 100% of its market value towards their core capital reserves. Previously, gold was considered a Tier 3 asset, requiring banks to discount its value.
Many times in markets the catalyst for great change is when the RULES change.
#gold #bitcoin #markets #banks
Great insight here:
βMoney is not the point of civilization and itβs far from the most important feature,β Rickards argues. βStill, itβs part of the bedrock and performs crucial roles. Money is an advance on barter. Money is an alternative to violence. Money facilitates commerce and investment, and acts as a store of wealth. Money is among the institutions, along with law, religion, and the family, that enable civilizations to be civil and avoid a Hobbesian war of all against all.β
#bitcoin #gold #money #markets
I run my own business and our treasury consists of floating rate US Treasuries and #Gold Bullion. As I have gotten more experienced with #BTC I am thinking about including it too.
I am leaning toward using Strike but would be interested in folk's views on this.
I would want a solution that permits me to also pay my people in #BTC if they so chose as well.
The whole turf fight over control of the USD (US Treasury vs US Central Bank) does not bother me as much because I am sailing out of the system in this:
